Civil liberties organization raises concerns over restrictions on chalking, sit-ins, encampments, literature distribution, and demonstrations

ACLU of Hawaiʻi welcomes two new fellows bringing fresh perspectives and experience to advance civil rights, community advocacy, and organizing across the islands.

ACLU of Hawaiʻi raises concerns about surveillance, facial recognition, and the lack of legislative safeguards for HPD's new drone policing initiative.

Kanaka Maoli communicator and community advocate brings extensive experience in storytelling, public engagement, and strategic communications to advance civil liberties across Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi celebrates six landmark immigrant justice laws while honoring 64 lives lost to immigration enforcement.

HONOLULU, HI – U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda joined community advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi (“ACLU of HI”) and Indivisible Hawaiʻi Statewide Network in delivering a message of support to the survivors of the Epstein crimes.

Offices will be closed on Friday, January 30, 2026

HONOLULU, HI – On Tuesday, January 27, over 300 people gathered at the Hawai‘i State Capitol for a community vigil to honor the life of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis last week.

HONOLULU, HI – Like many across Hawaiʻi, we woke up Saturday morning with the horrific news that federal agents shot and killed a man after brutally beating him for exercising his constitutional rights.